Xu Huai and the people in Chushan started out in the wilderness. Although Xu Huai and the people in Chushan fought bloody battles and made extraordinary achievements repeatedly, no one can deny that there were noble people who helped and supported them in the process.
The most important person among these is undoubtedly Xu Huai's grandfather-in-law Wang Zhen.
Whether it was teaching Xu Huai and the people in Chushan the art of war in Tongbai Mountain, assisting the people in Chushan to exterminate the bandits, or supporting Xu Huai and the people in Chushan in their duties when he was exiled to Lanzhou and when Wang Fan served as the supervisor of the Yanzuo Army.
Wang Zhen played a vital role in supervising the Military Academy and guarding Shuozhou.
Apart from Emperor Jian's successor, it was Hu Kai's turn.
When the Chihu people invaded the south for the first time, Hu Kai served as the defense envoy of Caizhou and fully supported Xu Huai in setting up a county in Chushan, taking full charge of the military and political affairs of Chushan, and building defenses such as the Qingyi Ridge Camp City.
Xu Huai took Emperor Jian Ji to guard Gong County. Hu Kai was also the staunchest supporter. He sent his son Hu Yu and Yang Lin's son Yang Qiye to lead troops to reinforce Gong County, taking over all relations in the name of Caizhou Defense Envoy.
Hu Kai's support was still indispensable in crossing the river to the north to recapture Biyuan and Zezhou, and in marching thousands of miles to attack Taiyuan.
Emperor Jianji ascended the throne in Xiangyang, and Hu Kai served as the privy envoy. In addition to always supporting the defense of Chushan, he also firmly supported Emperor Jianji's personal expedition during the Ruying battle, ensuring that the final victory at Ruying was achieved.
Emperor Jianji passed away, and the funeral had not yet been decided. Who would be his successor was still a mystery. However, Hu Kai invited Xu Huai to stay in his house for a while. Everyone could understand that Hu Kai wanted to marry Xu Huai.
Discuss important matters together.
No one expected that Xu Huai would reject Hu Kai's invitation without even thinking.
Looking at Hu Kai's astonished expression, everyone's minds were also filled with ups and downs, and they all speculated:
Even though Hu Kai closed his door to thank guests and remained taciturn these days, judging from the clues revealed by the people around him, Hu Kai was still more inclined towards King Huai. Is it possible that Hu Kai and Chu Shan had serious differences on this point?
Huai Wang Zhao Guan's expression became increasingly gloomy, while Zheng Cong's mood became brighter.
This scene also caused a sudden change in the minds of some of the ministers in the palace.
Even if Zhou He, Gao Chunnian and others could imagine that King Huai would ascend the throne, they would give priority to reusing the old ministers of Qiandi. They would probably be left out in the cold because of the "one emperor, one minister" policy. However, if the young master ascends the throne and his relatives are in charge, they will be able to sit on the throne.
If you have a stable phase, you will not be doubly excluded and suppressed?
It was the lesser of two evils. In the absence of interference from other factors, the vast majority of ministers still preferred King Huai. This was a better choice than taking charge of the young country.
However, Chushan and the Zheng family held a secret edict to support the young master. Do they still stand firmly with the Huai Palace?
Seeing Xu Huai, Concubine Zheng, Zhou He, Hu Kai, Huai Wang Zhao Guan and others saying goodbye and leaving the hall, subtle changes occurred in the hearts of all the ministers - they had all avoided Zheng Cong before, but now even if they would not immediately surround them
, but several people have already looked at Zheng Cong with a little more gentleness and affection.
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After the capital was moved to Jianye, Emperor Jianji ordered mansions to be built for all the generals who were guarding the vassal in Jianye City.
After Zheng Guifei gave birth to a prince, Zheng Huaizhong was granted the title of Duke Wen, so he sent people to build the mansion on Tieliang Lane at the east end of the palace, which was given by the emperor, and merged the left and right residences to build the spacious and grand Duke Wen's Mansion.
Zheng Huaizhong was determined to help the prince born to Concubine Zheng to fight for his rightful son. For a long time, Zheng Huaizhong himself lived in Jianye. He wanted to seize the position of Jing Hunan Road System and suppress the Pinghu Bandits to gain power. At the same time, he also paid attention to making friends with the sergeants of the court.
minister.
Therefore, unlike Xu Huai who accepted the Jingsheng Marquis Mansion given by Emperor Jianji and had no intention of strengthening the expansion and leaving it idle, after the official completion of the Wen Guo Gong Mansion, Zheng Huaizhong moved his family and small capital that had previously moved to Nanyang to Jianye.
When the imperial court established the Huainan East Road Production and Construction Department to take charge of the military and political affairs of Huainan East Road and the defense line of the lower reaches of the Huaihe River, Yangzhou was taken out separately and placed under the direct jurisdiction of the central government. The original Huainan East Road supervisory departments and the newly established Production and Construction Department were all moved from Yangzhou to the nearby
Chuzhou on the Huaihe River.
After Concubine Zheng gave birth to the prince, it was not a particularly difficult choice for Zheng Huaizhong to decide whether to move his family to Chuzhou or to Jianye.
But who would have thought that Emperor Jianye's body would collapse so quickly?
After Xu Huai left Funing Palace, Zheng Cong believed that Zhao Fan, Zheng Jinqing and others had already arrived in Jianye, so they hurriedly left Funing Palace and rushed back to Wen Guogong's Mansion.
After meeting Zhao Fan and Zheng Jinqing, Zheng Cong asked dissatisfiedly: "Why did you come here so late?"
Zhao Fan also had troubles that he couldn't express.
He and Zheng Jinqing had already suffered enough when they secretly passed through Shouzhou under the control of Prince Huai's Palace from Chushan to Wuyang. After Xu Huai left Wuyang, they rushed to Jianye non-stop, only less than Xu Huai.
They were one day late, and this speed could be said to be extremely fast.
The blood scab on the inner side of Zhao Fan's thigh was crusted and broken, and it was already a bloody mess. Even after applying medicine, it still hurt like a severe torture.
Zhao Fan also knew Zheng Cong's impatient temper, so he suppressed his inner grievance and asked with concern: "We just arrived in Jianye and heard that His Majesty has passed away? What did Xu Huai do after arriving in Jianye?"
"His Majesty passed away, but the situation is not too bad,"
Zheng Cong told Zhao Fan one by one all the signs before and after Xu Huai arrived in Jianye, so that he could learn more about the situation and make suggestions for the Zheng family, saying,
"Hu Kai, Zhu Hang, and Wang Fan all closed their doors in Beijing to thank guests. I sent several posts to others, but they all said that His Majesty's Holy Body was not harmonious and that he had no intention of gathering for a banquet. I have not been able to see them since I arrived in Jianye.
Three people. However, the three of them have no direct contact with Prince Huai's Mansion; but there are some eager little people in the house who have some hookups with people from Prince Huai's Mansion, but they can't get on the stage. Xu Huai arrived in Jianye as it was getting late yesterday
, first Zhu Hang sent his second son Zhu Tong to Jishan to greet him, then Zhu Hang and Wang Fan went out of the city overnight and met Xu Huai at the mouth of Longzangpu River. Zhu Hang returned to the city in the early morning, and Wang Fan stayed with Xu Huai after dawn.
Wang Fan entered the palace together with Xu Huai. When Xu Huai entered the Funing Palace to see him, the man died for the last time, as if he had fulfilled a wish. Xu Huai asked Wang Fan to stay in the palace to discuss the funeral, and he left Funing Palace.
At that time, Hu Kai invited him to stay in the Hu Mansion temporarily but was rejected - from this point of view, Xu Huai still prefers our Zheng family..."
"Of course, even if Chushan gets something from King Huai for a while, it will have to be spit out completely after a while. If Xu Huai is not stupid, he will definitely think of this!" Zhao Fan asked again, "Where is everything from Mr. Zheng?"
How is it?"
"It's not bad, but I didn't say much to her," Zheng Cong said.
Zhao Fan asked again: "Where is the Duke of the country? Can anyone come to build Ye?"
Zhao Fan set out from Wuyang, and although he urgently sent people to rush back to Chuzhou, he hurriedly hurried along and had not received a reply from Chuzhou, nor did he know where Zheng Huaizhong was.
Zheng Cong did not answer Zhao Fan's question directly, but frowned and asked: "Why, can't I decide some things?"
"If this Xu Huai was easy to get along with, I would have gone all the way to Wuyang and I wouldn't have lost sight of him." Zhao Fan said with a bitter smile, "Xu Huai can't trust King Huai, and he is afraid that King Huai will give to him first, so what?
Maybe you will trust us?"
"Father, he is in Guyang right now..." Zheng Cong felt unwilling, but had to admit that he was not qualified to trade with Xu Huai at this time, especially since Xu Huai still held a secret edict.
"Perhaps the Duke needs to go to Jianye..." Zhao Fan said.
Although Zhao Fan left Chuzhou when he heard the news that Emperor Jianji was critically ill, Zheng Huaizhong was still in Chuzhou at the time, and Zheng Cong rushed to Jianye first to visit Emperor Jianji's condition. However, Zhao Fan believed that at this juncture, the Duke of Guo,
It is impossible to really have the patience to sit still in Chuzhou.
Guyang belongs to Runzhou (Zhenjiang), less than 200 miles away from Jianye. Chushan established Nancai in northern Hubei and recruited refugees to settle and farm. Huaidong and Huaixi also followed suit along the Yangtze River and Hongzepu, using large areas of wasteland.
The beach land was reclaimed to accommodate the refugees heading south.
The Huainan East Road Construction Department has circled a large swath of beachland in the Linjiang area of Guyang County, Runzhou, to house tens of thousands of refugees for reclamation.
Not knowing the physical condition of Emperor Jianji, and worrying that the Huai Palace would be detrimental to him, Zheng Huaizhong could not come directly to Jianye, but he took his guards and horses to Guyang to hide. If something happened, he would come to Jianye.
It only lasted one day; and even if his whereabouts were revealed, he could still argue that he was inspecting the land reclamation.
Now Zhao Fan advocated that Zheng Huaizhong immediately come to Jianye to meet with Xu Huai and negotiate the conditions for establishing the prince.
Emperor Jianji has passed away and will be buried in Funing Palace today. The identity of his successor and the funeral must be decided as soon as possible and announced to the world. There is not much time left for them.
Zhao Fan was worried that they could not negotiate terms with Xu Huai before the edict, and Xu Huai would be forced to choose to support King Huai. Then it would be too late for them to take the medicine of regret...
